Anal/Obsessive Charting and a Lovely August Day

Posted by dragonwoman64 on August 8th, 2009 |Filed Under Uncategorized |

I pulled out my weight loss journal yesterday, and since then have been anally plugging in the numbers to excel charts to see what the dates and lbs lost would look like on a graph.  2008 was the nose dive year for me.  I had about a 9 lb weight loss range for the entire year, but only a one lb weight loss from the first weigh in of the year to the last.  One pound in one year.  That must be micro ounces per week.  I had serious dieting burn out.

It’s a little up in the air my starting weight, since I used a spring scale for the first 6 months.  At 3FC I guesstimated 320; extrapolating from when I first used the Tanita mid January 2004 back to June 2003 when I started, my weight would have been 318.  I’m going to share here, with all the glory and embarrassment it entails, the amounts I’ve lost each year since then.

  • 2003     20 lbs lost
  • 2004     13 lbs lost
  • 2005     19 lbs lost
  • 2006     12 lbs lost
  • 2007      9 lbs lost
  • 2008      1 lb lost
  • 74 lbs total

In 2009, my first weigh in was Feb 13 at 253.3.  Aug 6, I weighed in at 245 (I’d gotten down to 242, this represented a jump up of 3 lbs due to ???, partly overngnoshing, partly TOM–this is week before, could be other stuff, definitely did not overeat 3 lbs worth, but it’s not like I haven’t seen these little leaps many times before, as the anal weight loss charts will testify to).

It’s hard for me not to feel like anyone who reads this blog would never listen to a word I’d have to say about weight loss considering the dead snail pace my efforts represent, heh heh.  In some ways I’ve embraced this lifestyle, and in some ways (obviously) I’ve been fighting it like a cat in a box.

I will say on my own behalf, I never gave up (only came close!).  I never gained back the weight.  How do I feel about it being so slow?  I’m not sure, sometimes I hate the thought, it seems like time wasted and I want to kick myself in the rear.  Other times, I’m so freakin’ proud of myself for getting it off and keeping it off.  I have made significant and I believe permanent changes in my habits and outlook.  Since it’s been 6 years down this road and I’m still losing and finding my eating and exercise routine fairly easy to stick to, I think I have a right to say that.  Honestly, this chick wants no more yo-yo’ing (a couple of lbs is ok, no more double digit fiascos).

I think the food/eating will have to continue to evolve, as will the exercise.  I’m still letting bf do 90 percent of the cooking, not a disaster, but he doesn’t have an extra ounce of fat on his body.  As my weight gets down what and how much I eat, I have a feeling, will need to change.  Right now I eat about 1800 to 2000 calories a day.  I don’t religiously log everthing I eat; my meals are fairly routine and I’ve used fitday to check them out calorie wise.  Besides, logging everything drove me a bit batty, even with something as simple and easy to use as fitday.  I know when I’m consuming too many extras, though I may play the denial card from time to time (thus, the scale ups and downs).

I wonder if at the start of one of those years, maybe picking a good one, like where I saw a 20 lb loss, if I’d told myself: “you will lose 20 lbs this year, no more, no less,” would I have felt like a complete failure and given up?  Margie, in 2009, you will lose 20 lbs, no more no less.  Will that make me be a rebel and strive for more??

In any event, I’m glad I created those charts and am facing it all realistically; the good and the bad aspects.  That way I can decide what next steps I may need to take, and what I might want to do.  And it’s a lovely August day!

 


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